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      <title>Tamil AI</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 03:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=&#34;Tamil AI&#34; loading=&#34;lazy&#34; src=&#34;https://www.s-anand.net/blog/assets/vadivelu-tamil-words.webp&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I was testing LLMs&amp;rsquo; sense of Tamil humor with this quote:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Extend this post with more funny Tamil words that end with .ai - mentioning why they&amp;rsquo;re funny.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Chenn.ai is the artificial intelligence capital of India.&lt;br&gt;
Kadal.ai&lt;br&gt;
Kad.ai&lt;br&gt;
Dos.ai&lt;br&gt;
Vad.ai&lt;br&gt;
Ad.ai&lt;br&gt;
Thal.ai&lt;br&gt;
Mallig.ai&lt;br&gt;
Aratt.ai&lt;br&gt;
And finally&lt;br&gt;
Podad.ai&lt;br&gt;
All spoken in namma bash.ai 😅&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Chinese models didn&amp;rsquo;t fare well.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://chat.deepseek.com/share/6gswk62r2g6bs19qqs&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DeepSeek&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; made up words.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mood.ai - An AI that perfectly captures your mood.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sokk.ai - The AI for when you&amp;rsquo;re bored.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Thanni.ai - A hydration assistant.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://chat.qwen.ai/s/cdccbdfd-691d-40d1-ac0e-ed87375fa5bd?fev=0.0.222https://chat.qwen.ai/s/cdccbdfd-691d-40d1-ac0e-ed87375fa5bd?fev=0.0.222&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Qwen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; too.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Kozhamb.ai - AI cooking spicy emotional support curry.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Kuttr.ai - it&amp;rsquo;s got drama and a side of gossip.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sutta.ai - The AI that&amp;rsquo;s seen things too many things.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[&lt;strong&gt;Kimi&lt;/strong&gt;](http://Click the link to view conversation with Kimi AI Assistant &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.kimi.com/share/d3jipjcn907c4b502agg&#34;&gt;https://www.kimi.com/share/d3jipjcn907c4b502agg&lt;/a&gt;) was confused with Hindi.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Kalyan.ai - The match-making AI.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Gol.ai - rounds up to the nearest &amp;ldquo;gol&amp;rdquo; (ten).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://claude.ai/chat/6b57a7f9-18d7-4193-92c7-629f2a9f54a1&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Claude&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; didn&amp;rsquo;t know Tamil well either.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Kumb.ai - Worships AI models every 12 years.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Thamb.ai - Younger sibling AI.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Chet.ai - The AI assistant named after the city.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://chatgpt.com/share/68e72ceb-d5bc-800c-87d5-d350f68db06d&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ChatGPT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; got every word right, but has no sense of humor.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sir.ai - &amp;ldquo;Prison.&amp;rdquo; Where you go after 15 failed CAPTCHA attempts.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Il.ai - &amp;ldquo;Leaf.&amp;rdquo; For all your &amp;ldquo;green AI&amp;rdquo; posts. 🌿&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Vil.ai - &amp;ldquo;Price.&amp;rdquo; Where your token bill lives. 💸&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://x.com/i/grok/share/kvTspc11OoECJKu7hLckhlNdX&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Grok&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; was a bit better. Got the words right and some were funny.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mand.ai - skull-crushing smarts.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Maapill.ai - the ultimate matchmaker.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Yaan.ai - elephant-powered AI? Trunk calls incoming!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The app that really got this right was &lt;a href=&#34;https://g.co/gemini/share/53206ab44a8f&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gemini&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tholl.ai (தொல்லை - Nuisance) - annoyance as a service.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Kaval.ai (கவலை - Worry) - AI that simulates anxiety, so you don&amp;rsquo;t have to.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Vazhukk.ai (வழுக்கை - Bald Head) - AI satellite imagery to track receding hairlines.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Aam.ai (ஆமை - Tortoise) - slow AI.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sand.ai (சண்டை - Fight) - Discourse-as-a-Disaster service.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sodhan.ai (சோதனை - Ordeal) - AI that exists to test your patience.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sanand0_i-was-testing-llms-sense-of-tamil-humor-activity-7381296947770470400-cemE&#34;&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Pun board</title>
      <link>https://www.s-anand.net/blog/pun-board/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2002 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Mickey Kapoor owns a restaurant in the US, opposite to Pappadeaux&amp;rsquo;s restaurant. Every time Pappadeaux puts up a signboard, &lt;a href=&#34;http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&amp;amp;lr=&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;oe=UTF8&amp;amp;selm=3CDEC373.1003044E%40messenger.org&amp;amp;rnum=1&#34;&gt;Mickey puts up a pun-board&lt;/a&gt; in retort. Hilarious. via Mala&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Science jokes</title>
      <link>https://www.s-anand.net/blog/science-jokes/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2002 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;http://www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/scijokes/&#34;&gt;Science jokes&lt;/a&gt;. Includes several old classics like &amp;ldquo;The four branches of arithmetic - ambition, distraction, uglification and derision.&amp;rdquo; (Lewis Caroll).&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Pun of the day</title>
      <link>https://www.s-anand.net/blog/pun-of-the-day/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2001 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;http://www.punoftheday.com/&#34;&gt;Pun of the day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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